Loreena McKennitt makes a special appearance on the 11th at ETown, Boulder, 7PM.

The Hydes featuring Tadhg Ó Meachair and Dave Curley are in Daniels Hall at Swallow Hill in south Denver on the 22nd at 8 PM. Tix $18 in Advance.

Adam Agee and Jon Sousa are at the Pikes Peak Celtic Festival in the Pub Tent on the 15th at 4:30 and 6:30 PM, on the Jameson Stage on the 16th at 10 AM, 2:30 and 6:30 PM and back on the Pub Tent stage at 2:40 PM on the 17th.

The Young Dubliners play on the Depot Plaza in Cheyenne on the 8th, 5:30-8 PM, in the Celtic Rock Tent at the Pikes Peak Celtic Festival on the 15th at 8:30 PM and the 16th at 4:30 PM and 8:30 PM.

Avourneen has a busy month beginning at 8 PM on the 1st when they play for the Boulder Contra Dance in the Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Road in Boulder. Admission starts at $10. They’re on the Celtic Rock Stage at the Pikes Peak Celtic Festival on the 15th at 5:30 PM then at 8:30 PM go downtown to the Jack Quinn stage. They’re back on the Celtic Rock Stage at 11 AM on the 16th and 17th then close out the month with a show at Ned Kelly’s Pub in Littleton at 9 PM on the 30th. Adam Goldstein does his solo act at the Clocktower Cabaret at 11 PM on the 2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd.

Leslie Ann Harrison is closing her studio and she and Fred Poule are leaving Colorado and moving across the country. She sent this farewell note: “I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to all of you, for coming to Folk Ragoût and NewTime Ensemble concerts, for taking lessons at my studio, and for attending classes and workshops at Swallow Hill. Thank you for supporting independent musicians like myself and thank you for making Colorado feel like home. I’m sad to be leaving all of you, but I know we’ll meet again. Music is a beautifully small world in that way!

Take Down the Door presents a free concert to the community in the Broomfield Amphitheater on the 13th at 7 PM

The Rocky Bards take to the Jameson Stage at the Pikes Peak Celtic Festival at 1 PM on the 16th then take over the Pub Tent stage at 2:30 PM on the 17th.

Seven Nations returns to Colorado to play at the Pikes Peak Celtic Festival in the Celtic Rock Tent at 7 PM on the 15th, 1 PM and 6:30 PM on the 16th and close the Festival with a show on that stage at 1 PM on the 17th.

Chancers Hooley is at the Blue Spruce Brewing Company in Centennial on the 16th at 7:30 PM.

The McDeviants play for their fans at the Pikes Peak Celtic Festival at 4 PM in the Celtic Rock Tent on the 15th and at 2:30 PM on the 16th

Rosin the Bow MC’s and plays for the Cuddletime Concert at the Broomfield Auditiorium with members of the Broomfield Symphony Orchestra on the 9th at 9:30 AM. Infants up to 24 months of age get a taste of how instruments sound and feel. Then the band plays for adults at Clancy’s Pub in Wheat Ridge on the 23rd from 6-9 PM.

CaraTrom is at the Dickens Opera House Patio Tavern in Longmont on the 1st 5:30- 8:30 PM, the Public House in Colorado Springs on the 2nd from 8 to 11 PM, the Louisville Farmers Market on the 16th from 11 AM-1 PM and at 105 West in Castle Rock from 6-8 PM, the S. Pearl St. Farmers Market in Denver on the 17th from 9 AM-1 PM, the Blue Spruce Brewing Company in Centennial on the 23rd from 7:30-9:30 PM then closes the month at the Stapleton Farmers Market in Denver on the 24th from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM.

Wild Mountain opens their month with a performance on the 9th at the Summer Arts Market in Denver from 1-2:30 PM, continues with the Criterium Bike Fest in Wheat Ridge on the 10th at 6 PM, then play for the Chocolate Fest in Winter Park on the 16th from 10 AM-4PM. They travel to Salt Lake City on the 22nd where they appear in the Piper Down Pub stage from 9 PM -12:30 AM, head to Evanston for the Bluegrass Festival on the 23rd at 4:45 PM then return home to end their month at Clancy’s Pub in Wheat Ridge on the 30th from 7:30-10:30 PM.

Skean Dubh appears at the Colorado Medieval Festival in Loveland on the 2nd from 1-2 PM, on the Jameson Stage at the Pikes Peak Celtic festival from 4-4:45 PM on the 16th and at Mad Jack’s in Evergreen on the 23rd from 4-6 PM.

Pine Creek Tippers have their monthly gig at The Margarita in Colorado Springs on the 15th, from 6:30-9 PM on the patio, weather permitting.